Morella cerifera (L.) Small
Detail
- Family
- Myricaceae
- Botanical Name
- Morella cerifera (L.) Small
- Common Name
- Southern Bayberry, Wax-Myrtle
- Synonym(s)
- Myrica cerifera L. var. cerifera
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Morella cerifera (L.) Small
- Comments
- Morella cerifera is frequently cultivated outside its natural range, and sometimes escapes in the vicinity of plantings.
- Habitat
- Interdune swales, maritime swamps, dune scrub, dune woodlands, maritime upland forests, mesic sandhill woodlands, depression ponds, seepage swamps, tidal swamps, mesic hardwood and successional pine-hardwood forests. Common in the Coastal Plain; rare in the outer Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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